Johnson likely will form a backfield tandem with Chris Ivory -- with Johnson providing the speed, and Ivory offering bulk and power -- and perhaps a trio of some sort with Ivory and Bilal Powell. This means Mike Goodson, signed during free agency last year, could be the odd man out in the Jets’ running back room.

All along, during his free agency, Johnson was unlikely to get anywhere close to the $8 million in base salary he was set to receive this year from the Titans, who cut him earlier this month, and saved $6 million against their salary cap for 2014 by making the move.

Johnson, who turns 29 in September, is entering his seventh season in the NFL. He ran for 2,006 yards in 2009, his second year in the league, and is one of just seven players in league history to rush for 2,000-plus yards in a season.

But he averaged a career-low 3.9 yards per carry (on 1,077 total yards) last season while playing through a torn meniscus in his knee that required surgery in January.